LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: A Comparative Study

The book presents a balanced understanding of Local government administration in Nigeria and other countries of the world. The adopted comparative approach to fill the gap in literature between descriptive and comparative analyses in Local government administration as it affects developing and developed countries of the world. The book is divided into part 1 and part 11. Part 1 focuses on fundamental of local government administration in Nigeria. While, part 11 focuses extensively on comparing local government administration in developing and developed countries of the world, using Structural-functional system theory as framework of analyses. The book covers the following areas:

Part 1:

• History of Local government in Nigeria

• -Theories of Local government Administration

• -Revenue generation in Local government Administration in Nigeria

• Administrative and Legislative Structures of Local Administration in Nigeria

• Public Policy making in Local Government Administration

• Human Capital Management in Local government Administration in Nigeria

• Industrial Relations in Local Government Administration in Nigeria

Part 11:

• Comparative Local government administration in Developing and Developed countries of the world

• Federal-Decentralized Pattern (Developed Countries): 

-USA, Canada, Australia, Germany and Switzerland

-Prefectorial-Decentralized Patterns: France, Italy and Japan

-Unitary-Decentralized patterns: Britain, Norway, Sweden

-Administrative-Decentralized patterns: Spain and Belgium

• Decentralized Patterns in Developing countries- 

-Anglo-Saxon -East Africa(Uganda and Kenya)

-Anglo-Saxon -West Africa(Nigeria, Sierra-Leone, and Gambia)

-French West Africa (Senegal, Cote-d’Voire and Mali)

• Other case studies- France, USA and Britain; China and Russia; Egypt and Israel; Afghanistan, India and Pakistan; Japan and Malaysia; Palestine and Saudi Arabia, Italy and Netherland; Argentina and Paraguay; Mexico and New Zealand.

The book is an interesting piece to read as it is informative and educative on different and similar Practices of both developing and developed countries on local government administration. The book is simple to read and intellectually enriching. It is highly recommended for students in Local administration, practitioners, researchers, consultants and other general interest readers.